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Grace renders us like God and a partaker of the divine nature.

Thomas Aquinas

Grace, Divine, Divine Nature

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Whatever was in the human nature of Christ was moved at the bidding of the divine will; yet it does not follow that in Christ there was no movement of the will proper to human nature, for the good wills of other saints are moved by God's will... For although the will cannot be inwardly moved by any creature, yet it can be moved inwardly by God.

Thomas Aquinas

Doe, Saint, Bidding

St Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 4 (Part III, First Section)”, p.2120, Cosimo, Inc.

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Secondly, man sins against nature when he goes against his generic nature, that is to say, his animal nature. Now, it is evident that, in accord with natural order, the union of the sexes among animals is ordered towards conception. From this it follows that every sexual intercourse that cannot lead to conception is opposed to man's animal nature.

Thomas Aquinas

Christian, Sex, Men

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Since faith rests upon infallible truth, and since the contrary of a truth can never be demonstrated, it is clear that the arguments brought against faith cannot be demonstrations, but are difficulties that can be answered.

Thomas Aquinas

Argument, Demonstration, Difficulty

Saint Thomas Aquinas, Catholic Way Publishing (2014). “The Summa Theologica: Complete Edition”, p.68, Catholic Way Publishing

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Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times.

Thomas Aquinas

Wise, Men, Relaxation

St Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 4 (Part III, First Section)”, p.1872, Cosimo, Inc.

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Not everyone who is enlightened by an angel knows that he is enlightened by him.

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Angel, Enlightened, Knows

St Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 1”, p.544, Cosimo, Inc.

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Law has the power to compel: indeed, the ability to enforce is a condition of the ability to command.

Thomas Aquinas

Law, Ability, Command

Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1955). “Theological texts”

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Whatever is in motion must be put in motion by another. If that by which it is put in motion be itself put in motion, then this also must needs be put in motion by another, and that by another again. But this cannot go on to infinity, because then there would be no first mover, and, consequently, no other mover; seeing that subsequent movers move only inasmuch as they are put in motion by the first mover; as the staff moves only because it is put in motion by the hand. Therefore it is necessary to arrive at a first mover, put in motion by no other; and this everyone understands to be God.

Thomas Aquinas

God, Moving, Hands

Saint Thomas (Aquinas), Peter Kreeft (1990). “A Summa of the Summa: The Essential Philosophical Passages of St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica”, p.41, Ignatius Press

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I answer that, Even, as in the blessed in heaven there will be most perfect charity, so in the damned there will be the most perfect hate.

Thomas Aquinas

Hate, Inspirational Life, Perfect

"Summa Theologica". Volume 5,

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Being born he have himself as our Companion, Eating with us he gave himself as Food, Dying He became our Ransom, Reigning he gives himself as our Reward

Thomas Aquinas

Giving, Dying, Ransom

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If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy.

Thomas Aquinas

Powerful, Scary, Reason

"Summa Theologica". Book by Thomas Aquinas, 1485.

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For creation is not a change, but that dependence of the created existence on the principle from which it is instituted, and thus is of the genus of relation; whence nothing prohibits it
being in the created as in the subject. Creation is thus said to be a kind of change, according to the way of understanding, insofar as our intellect accepts one and the same thing as not
existing before and afterwards existing.

Thomas Aquinas

Understanding, Way, Principles

"Summa Contra Gentiles". Book by Thomas Aquinas, II, 18.2,

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Jesus Lord, kind Pelican, Cleanse my filth with Thy blood, One drop of which can save The whole world from all its sin

Thomas Aquinas

Jesus, Blood, Filth

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Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need.

Thomas Aquinas

Powerful, Men, Aggravation

"Paul Ryan's faith in Ayn Rand is a political problem for Romney" by Giles Fraser, www.theguardian.com. August 13, 2012.

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The servants of God...whether provoked by word or work, by keeping themselves tranquil and peaceful, evince a perfect nobleness of soul.

Thomas Aquinas

Servant Of God, Perfect, Soul

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Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.

Thomas Aquinas

Friendship, Philosophical, Justice

Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1955). “Theological texts”

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Practical sciences proceed by building up; theoretical science by resolving into components.

Thomas Aquinas

Science, Building Up, Statistics

Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1960). “St. Thomas Aquinas: Philosophical Texts”

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[It is appropriate that the Body and Blood of Christ be truly present in this Sacrament] because of the perfection of the New Covenant. The sacrifices of the Old Covenant contained the true sacrifice of Christ's Passion only in symbol....Therefore it was necessary that the sacrifice of the New Covenant, instituted by Christ, have something more, namely, that it contain Christ Himself who has suffered and contain Him not only in symbol but in reality.

Thomas Aquinas

Passion, Sacrifice, Reality

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Just as in one man there is one soul and one body, yet many members; even so the Catholic Church is one body, having many members. The soul that quickens this body is the Holy Spirit; and therefore in the Creed after confessing our belief in the Holy Spirit, we are bid to believe in the Holy Catholic Church.

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Believe, Men, Catholic

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As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in the masculine sex; while the production of a woman comes from defect in the active power.

Thomas Aquinas

Sex, Powerful, Perfect

St Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 1”, p.466, Cosimo, Inc.

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The only-begotten Son of God, wanting to make us sharers in His divinity, assumed our nature, so that He, made man, might make men gods.

Thomas Aquinas

Son, Men, Catholic

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Charity is not a potency of the soul, because if it were it would be natural. Nor is it a passion, because it is not in a sensitive potency in which are all passions. Nor is it a habit, because a habit is removed with difficulty; charity, however, is easily lost through one act of mortal sin. Therefore charity is not something created in the soul.

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Passion, Soul, Would Be

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It seems that God does not exist; because if one of two contraries be infinite, the other would be altogether destroyed. But the word "God" means that He is infinite goodness. If, therefore, God existed, there would be no evil discoverable; but there is evil in the world. Therefore God does not exist.

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Mean, Two, Evil

Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1845). “Summa Theologica, (Complete)”, p.42, Library of Alexandria

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Good and evil are essential differences of the act of the will. For good and evil pertain essentially to the will; just as truth and falsehood pertain to the reason, the act of which is distinguished essentially by the difference of truth and falsehood (according as we say that an opinion is true or false.) Consequently, good and evil volition are acts differing in species.

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Differences, Evil, True Or False

Thomas Aquinas, Anton C. Pegis (1997). “Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas, Volume 2”, p.335, Hackett Publishing

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If someone knows from experience that daily Communion increases fervor without lessening reverence, then let him go every day. But if someone finds that reverence is lessened and devotion not much increased, then let him sometimes abstain, so as to draw near afterwards with better dispositions.

Thomas Aquinas

Christian, Holy Eucharist, Saint

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